Coin-holder.



PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

J. E. TRAHAN & F. G. OBRIEN.

' 00m HOLDER. 4 APEBLIOATION IlLED DBO. 27, 1904.

8141mm fow llNiTn STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT Trice.

JOSEPH E. TRAHAN AND FRANK O. OBRIEN, OF WATER-TOWN, NEW

YORK.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,076, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed December 27, 1904. Serial No. 238,529.

To n/Zlw/wnt it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH E. TRAHAN and FRANK O. OBRIEN, citizens of the United States, residing at W atertown, in the county of J efierson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in coin-holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder of this character whereby coins may be securely held while being transported through the mail A further object is to provide a holder which will be light, strong, and durable and in which the coins may be easily inserted.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a coin-holder constructed in accordance with the invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a card which may be formed of any suitable material, but which is preferably formed of stiff card or paste board, in which is arranged one or more holding devices 2, formed by cutting holes 3 in the card. Said holes may be of any suitable shape, but are preferably circular, and on opposite sides of the same are formed curved slits 4:, which are parallel with the edges of the hole, the ends of the slits terminating in short laterally-projecting parallel slits 5, at opposite sides of the hole 3.

Between the curved slits 4 and the adjacent edges of the hole 3 are formed curved coinretaining strips 6, the opposite ends of which are formed integral with tongues 7, formed between the short slits 5.

By forming the hole 3 in the card the retaining-strips 6 are more easily raised to adunit the coin under them than would be the case if the retaining devices were in the form of a disk.

On the under side of the card and secured to the same is arranged a backing 8, formed of tough paper or fabric.

In placing the coins into a holder the same are forced through one or the other of the curved slits 4. and into the recess formed by said slits, where they are held by the retaining-strips 6, said strips being permitted to yield upwardly during the insertion of a coin by reason of the short slits 5 forming the tongues 7. After said coin has been placed in the recess the same will be held in place by the walls of the recess and by said strips.

A coin-holder constructed as herein shown and described will securely hold one or more coins and may be repeatedly used in transporting the same through the mail. While I have shown two holding devices arranged in the card, it is obvious that any number may be employed and that the izes of the same may vary to accommodate 0 ins of different size and denomination.

From the foregoing description,,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of thefnvention will be readily understood withoi; t 'requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may, be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described our invention, wha

we claim as new, and desire to secure by Leta,

slits, arranged at the ends of and forming a our hands in presence of two subscribing Witcontinuation of said firsgmentioned slits, said nesses.

tongues permitting sai retaining-strips to 1 yield outwardly to admit a coin, and a back- 5 ing-sheet of paper or fabric secured to the rear side of the card, substantially as de- Witnesses: scribed. OSCAR MoEWEN,

In testimony whereof. We have hereunto set HERBERT C. TEEPELL. 

